diff --git a/changes/bug6055 b/changes/bug6055
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00730073a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug6055
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+  o Major enhancements:
+    - Re-enable TLS 1.1 and 1.2 when built with OpenSSL 1.0.1e or later.
+      (OpenSSL before 1.0.1 didn't have TLS 1.1 or 1.2. OpenSSL from 1.0.1
+      through 1.0.1d had bugs that prevented renegotiation from working
+      with TLS 1.1 or 1.2, so we disabled them to solve bug 6033.) Fix for
+      issue #6055.
diff --git a/changes/bug9645a b/changes/bug9645a
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2daba65a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug9645a
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes:
+    - If we are unable to save a microdescriptor to the journal, do not
+      drop it from memory and then reattempt downloading it. Fixes bug
+      9645; bugfix on 0.2.2.6-alpha.
+
diff --git a/changes/bug9731 b/changes/bug9731
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..828496af3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug9731
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+  o Major bugfixes:
+    - Do not apply connection_consider_empty_read/write_buckets to
+      cpuworker connections.
diff --git a/changes/bug9780 b/changes/bug9780
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3cb51bd52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug9780
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes (performance, fingerprinting):
+    - Our default TLS ecdhe groups were backwards: we meant to be using
+      P224 for relays (for performance win) and P256 for bridges (since
+      it is more common in the wild). Instead we had it backwards. After
+      reconsideration, we decided that the default should be P256 on all
+      hosts, since its security is probably better, and since P224 is
+      reportedly used quite little in the wild.  Found by "skruffy" on
+      IRC. Fix for bug 9780; bugfix on 0.2.4.8-alpha.
diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt
index 0e7f088c9..b9ee29614 100644
--- a/doc/tor.1.txt
+++ b/doc/tor.1.txt
@@ -1646,7 +1646,7 @@ is non-zero):
     What EC group should we try to use for incoming TLS connections?
     P224 is faster, but makes us stand out more. Has no effect if
     we're a client, or if our OpenSSL version lacks support for ECDHE.
-    (Default: P224 for public servers; P256 for bridges.)
+    (Default: P256)
 
 [[CellStatistics]] **CellStatistics** **0**|**1**::
     When this option is enabled, Tor writes statistics on the mean time that
diff --git a/src/common/tortls.c b/src/common/tortls.c
index b7e5bc1a5..60444f1b8 100644
--- a/src/common/tortls.c
+++ b/src/common/tortls.c
@@ -1269,12 +1269,15 @@ tor_tls_context_new(crypto_pk_t *identity, unsigned int key_lifetime,
    * version.  Once some version of OpenSSL does TLS1.1 and TLS1.2
    * renegotiation properly, we can turn them back on when built with
    * that version. */
+#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < OPENSSL_V(1,0,1,'e')
 #ifdef SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_2
   SSL_CTX_set_options(result->ctx, SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_2);
 #endif
 #ifdef SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_1
   SSL_CTX_set_options(result->ctx, SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_1);
 #endif
+#endif
+
   /* Disable TLS tickets if they're supported.  We never want to use them;
    * using them can make our perfect forward secrecy a little worse, *and*
    * create an opportunity to fingerprint us (since it's unusual to use them
@@ -1369,10 +1372,8 @@ tor_tls_context_new(crypto_pk_t *identity, unsigned int key_lifetime,
       nid = NID_secp224r1;
     else if (flags & TOR_TLS_CTX_USE_ECDHE_P256)
       nid = NID_X9_62_prime256v1;
-    else if (flags & TOR_TLS_CTX_IS_PUBLIC_SERVER)
-      nid = NID_X9_62_prime256v1;
     else
-      nid = NID_secp224r1;
+      nid = NID_X9_62_prime256v1;
     /* Use P-256 for ECDHE. */
     ec_key = EC_KEY_new_by_curve_name(nid);
     if (ec_key != NULL) /*XXXX Handle errors? */
diff --git a/src/or/connection.c b/src/or/connection.c
index 6e754a0f7..78cc31e89 100644
--- a/src/or/connection.c
+++ b/src/or/connection.c
@@ -2483,6 +2483,9 @@ connection_consider_empty_read_buckets(connection_t *conn)
   } else
     return; /* all good, no need to stop it */
 
+  if (conn->type == CONN_TYPE_CPUWORKER)
+    return; /* Always okay. */
+
   LOG_FN_CONN(conn, (LOG_DEBUG, LD_NET, "%s", reason));
   conn->read_blocked_on_bw = 1;
   connection_stop_reading(conn);
@@ -2507,6 +2510,9 @@ connection_consider_empty_write_buckets(connection_t *conn)
   } else
     return; /* all good, no need to stop it */
 
+  if (conn->type == CONN_TYPE_CPUWORKER)
+    return; /* Always okay. */
+
   LOG_FN_CONN(conn, (LOG_DEBUG, LD_NET, "%s", reason));
   conn->write_blocked_on_bw = 1;
   connection_stop_writing(conn);
diff --git a/src/or/microdesc.c b/src/or/microdesc.c
index b93bd83af..8b5581f4a 100644
--- a/src/or/microdesc.c
+++ b/src/or/microdesc.c
@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@ microdescs_add_list_to_cache(microdesc_cache_t *cache,
     if (fd < 0) {
       log_warn(LD_DIR, "Couldn't append to journal in %s: %s",
                cache->journal_fname, strerror(errno));
-      return NULL;
     }
   }
 
@@ -238,11 +237,11 @@ microdescs_add_list_to_cache(microdesc_cache_t *cache,
       if (size < 0) {
         /* we already warned in dump_microdescriptor */
         abort_writing_to_file(open_file);
-        smartlist_clear(added);
-        return added;
+        fd = -1;
+      } else {
+        md->saved_location = SAVED_IN_JOURNAL;
+        cache->journal_len += size;
       }
-      md->saved_location = SAVED_IN_JOURNAL;
-      cache->journal_len += size;
     } else {
       md->saved_location = where;
     }